Thursday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.1%. Within the sector, Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) and Integrys Energy Group (NYSE: TEG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.4% and 1.1%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.1% on the day, and up 16.89% year-to-date. Dominion Resources, meanwhile, ...